Coimbatore: Near Coimbatore RS Puram Corporation Govt. The branch training conducted by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists in the school premises has become controversial. After the Dravida parties came out with a strong protest in the incident, the police registered a case. The RS Puram police registered a case for trespassing in the school premises.
Thantai Periyar Dravidar Kazhakam (TPDK) activists staged a protest in front of the school once morest the corporation officials for allegedly allowing the RSS program in the school. As the protest became widespread, police forces were deployed at the spot to prevent untoward incidents.
TPDK General Secretary K. Ramakrishnan demanded.
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Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner M. Said to Prathap. He added that a show-cause notice has been sent to the school headmaster in the incident.
At the same time, the RSS responded that what was done in the school was not training, but service. RSS workers are involved in cleaning the school. “We clean public places and other institutions as part of the annual seva programme,” Indian Express quoted an RSS member as saying.